General Reprisals Law and Legal Definition
General reprisal is a term used in the international law in the context of war. A reprisal is considered to be general when one state awards a general permission to its subjects to seize the property or person of an offending nation. The permission for seizure can be granted upon the high seas or wherever found without the jurisdiction of another state.
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